Rats can vary a lot in how friendly and sociable they are. I've even had some rats that were just totally friendly and intrested in humans immediately and wanted to climb onto hands as soon as they got home. It's intresting how variable this can be. On that note, as general advice for people looking to get rats, if you can get rats from an actual breeder (as in, a pet breeder, not someone who breeds them as food or something), these rats tend to be a lot friendlier and more social to begin with, since they're used to good handling and a friendly, trustworthy human. They might cost a bit more, but it's in my experience always worth it to get them from a breeder, rather than a pet store, if possible.
My experience was always that ones from a good breeder were much quicker to bond with me but in the long term store bought rats got every bit as attached. Health wise is a different story. Always do your research and go for a good breeder.
@@Altitudes Yeah, definitely. I was mostly giving advice for an easy start for people new to keeping rats. In the long term, rats from a pet store can be just as wonderful and friendly (and honestly, not even that long, they learn to trust a trustworthy owner quickly!) You're right about the health issues. I've had a lot of rats, both from pet stores and from breeders, and the ones from pet stores tend to live shorter lives (possibly due to inbreeding, bad care as babies, or whatever), and may have issues when they come in.
This is less about general, newcomer advice and is more directed at people that have already had rats and focus on sociability. I don't shy away and get the ones that have been abused, because someone has to socialize them. Beginner? Fine, you need to start easy. But after that, getting only the most sociable rats ignores all the rescue rats that are tired of being rehomed and being uncomfortable in their own skin from isolation. One of the sweetest rats that I ever had was the most aggressive I have ever seen. He was surrendered after a pet store sold him but obviously not to a prepared soul. It took months, but my wife and I turned it around for him. He had a good life after the point most people did not expect much from him. I guess this post is for people that will maybe look at rat adoption a bit differently after reading this. This path isn't for everyone, but maybe another rat like my Carl can have a happy ending too.
@@IceHibiscus but I personally wouldn't purchase a rat from a pet store, just like I wouldn't purchase a dog from a pet store or breeder. It's unfortunate for the pets that will go without homes, but it will save many more in the long run if we stop giving money to businesses that are breeding animals for profit without caring about the animals' needs. If there's no demand, they'll have to lessen the supply, and eventually stop or change their practices completely. I definitely think that rescuing pets is a good thing, but I don't think that encouraging people to give money to the folks who hurt these animals to begin with is a good idea.
They don't cost "a bit" more. They cost 7-10x more now. Breeders have like doubled and tripled their prices in the past ~3 years where I live. It sucks.
Oh Cyclone. You and your older sisters were how I was introduced to this channel. You might be gone now, but we shall never forget you. Rest now, brave potato. Rest in peace 🕯️❤️
Just saying, thank you for properly quarantining the baby and keeping her out of sight. A lot of people just chuck the 2 cages next to eachother and that's so stressful :'( She is adorable and I can't wait to see more of her. Rescue rats are awesome.
I remember when she was just introduced, I miss her so much. Hope your doing alright. You truly give all your ratties the best lives and your a great owner. Cyclone lived a very good life. She will be missed. ❤
Also cyclone's fur looks like when I'm baking an carrot cake an the pattern changes as you ad milk to it. I can't explain it very well but it brings me fond memories. She's so cute!! Wish all the best for you and your rats!!!
Cyclone is so cute! Can't wait to see what mischief she'll get into with the other chaos potatoes! When I got my current rats Iris and Meisha, Iris had champagne Siamese points and a champagne cap on her head with a little white mark in the middle of it like Cyclone's. Since then, the cap turned white, her points became brown-gray, and there's a bit of a gradient between the brown-gray and white from the base of her tail to the middle of her back.
aww she's adorable. i have no plans on getting rats but thank you for deciding to document this journey bec it's interesting and def good education for new rat owners
I'm about to get 2 rats and I'm very happy I've found your channel. It's great to find an informative channel where I can soak up some knowledge so I'm more equipped to take care of them properly
I miss having babies. This is the longest I've been without since early 2008. Both my boy's passed last year. :( I love watching this little girl Popcorn. Such a cute fuzzbutt. lol
We got our three girls from an rat breeder and we were advised to take them out on day to and "force" them to be around us and getting them used to be taken out. They are with us for 4 weeks now and they are a lot braver towards us, but never climb on our hands by themselves (according to our breeder, that's normal and we still should take them out). Watching you being so patient with cyclone makes me feel like we are doing our bonding wrong
protip: lick a cheerio and let them take it from your hand. ratties share food. and IF a rat lets another rat take food from their mouth its a huge bonding experience so a little spittle on cheerio in your hand means 'i trust you enough to feed you. i will always have food to share' good way to make friends! they will even expect a little pet because ratties groom each other after sharing food so if you are speaking rat you HAVE to rubble em just a little bit to seal the meal!
Thank you for helping teach us how to bond with a new rat! I’ve got two rats, they’re pretty new, and this helped me know how to make them comfortable!
Omg thank you so much for the video, I just commented on one of your videos on the little darling meeting your other rats. I'm worried that she'll possibly get lonely and get depressed, but I plan to get her some toys! I just hope she will like me as much as I like her! Plz if anyone has advice to give me on toys to give her since she's a medium sized rat at the moment, I'd really appreciate it!!
I've been trying to decide what pets to get once I have my own home. I've really considered rats, but I'm not sure they'll fill the same emotional place as a dog and/or cat would.
You’ll be surprised obviously a dog and cat is better but a rat is also good option too and there more affordable and easy to take care of there really intelligent and highly social and have a strong bond with there owner, Every time I see my rat Julie I smile she makes me happy and I do feel better when she’s around she cuddles with me licks me and gives me a lot of love I take her with me places I go, and they can be emotional support animals, just consider them 🙃
Good idea on starting out with small cage first and quarantine. Thank you If you make more videos, it would be very nice to see and hear a slower version.
When I got my rats like 1 day ago I made them a lovely little set up in a nice big cage and I got 4 rats, all about 8 weeks old and all sisters and they love me already and I feed them and get them new water in the morning and then have a bit of a play and then once I get home from school I play with them again and bring them out to say hi to the family and they are super comfortable with everyone here
I introduced each of my 4 additional rats to eachother immediately and they would hang out on me and with them without any buffer period of being by themselves
I personally always try to grab two babies and ur cage could hold two more , I think intros go better with multiple new rats and they can still get lonely during quarantine and if intros fail and u have to try again a few days later they still aren’t alone
I refer to the "temporary baby cage" as "the apartment" lol. I'm so excited to see her being so brave with you so quickly, she's doing great!!!!
I call it "temporary baby apartment"
Ah yeah I call mine gay baby jail :')
Why😅
There’s a ferret in you profile pic Iike rats and ferrets (óvò)
Everyone has their first flat. We all move on to bigger and better thing eventually … erm, at least, hopefully.
Rats can vary a lot in how friendly and sociable they are. I've even had some rats that were just totally friendly and intrested in humans immediately and wanted to climb onto hands as soon as they got home. It's intresting how variable this can be.
On that note, as general advice for people looking to get rats, if you can get rats from an actual breeder (as in, a pet breeder, not someone who breeds them as food or something), these rats tend to be a lot friendlier and more social to begin with, since they're used to good handling and a friendly, trustworthy human. They might cost a bit more, but it's in my experience always worth it to get them from a breeder, rather than a pet store, if possible.
My experience was always that ones from a good breeder were much quicker to bond with me but in the long term store bought rats got every bit as attached.
Health wise is a different story. Always do your research and go for a good breeder.
@@Altitudes Yeah, definitely. I was mostly giving advice for an easy start for people new to keeping rats. In the long term, rats from a pet store can be just as wonderful and friendly (and honestly, not even that long, they learn to trust a trustworthy owner quickly!)
You're right about the health issues. I've had a lot of rats, both from pet stores and from breeders, and the ones from pet stores tend to live shorter lives (possibly due to inbreeding, bad care as babies, or whatever), and may have issues when they come in.
This is less about general, newcomer advice and is more directed at people that have already had rats and focus on sociability. I don't shy away and get the ones that have been abused, because someone has to socialize them. Beginner? Fine, you need to start easy. But after that, getting only the most sociable rats ignores all the rescue rats that are tired of being rehomed and being uncomfortable in their own skin from isolation. One of the sweetest rats that I ever had was the most aggressive I have ever seen. He was surrendered after a pet store sold him but obviously not to a prepared soul. It took months, but my wife and I turned it around for him. He had a good life after the point most people did not expect much from him.
I guess this post is for people that will maybe look at rat adoption a bit differently after reading this. This path isn't for everyone, but maybe another rat like my Carl can have a happy ending too.
@@IceHibiscus but I personally wouldn't purchase a rat from a pet store, just like I wouldn't purchase a dog from a pet store or breeder. It's unfortunate for the pets that will go without homes, but it will save many more in the long run if we stop giving money to businesses that are breeding animals for profit without caring about the animals' needs. If there's no demand, they'll have to lessen the supply, and eventually stop or change their practices completely.
I definitely think that rescuing pets is a good thing, but I don't think that encouraging people to give money to the folks who hurt these animals to begin with is a good idea.
They don't cost "a bit" more. They cost 7-10x more now. Breeders have like doubled and tripled their prices in the past ~3 years where I live. It sucks.
Oh Cyclone. You and your older sisters were how I was introduced to this channel. You might be gone now, but we shall never forget you. Rest now, brave potato. Rest in peace 🕯️❤️
0:18 her marking kind of looks like a heart in this shot, she is very adorable. :D
She's adorable! Hopefully Cape and Cin will have the same reaction as us
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@@somethingtodowitho wdym?
@@catsarecuterthanyou Cape and Cin?
@@somethingtodowitho yeah... the chaos potatoes names are Cape and Cin
Cape.....
2:05 is the cutest thing I have ever seen with her little head popping out like that.
Just saying, thank you for properly quarantining the baby and keeping her out of sight. A lot of people just chuck the 2 cages next to eachother and that's so stressful :'(
She is adorable and I can't wait to see more of her. Rescue rats are awesome.
Yay for rescues!!!
I remember when she was just introduced, I miss her so much. Hope your doing alright. You truly give all your ratties the best lives and your a great owner. Cyclone lived a very good life. She will be missed. ❤
Also cyclone's fur looks like when I'm baking an carrot cake an the pattern changes as you ad milk to it. I can't explain it very well but it brings me fond memories. She's so cute!!
Wish all the best for you and your rats!!!
What a cute lil tater tot. Not a full serotonin potato yet but she'll get there.
Cyclone is so cute! Can't wait to see what mischief she'll get into with the other chaos potatoes!
When I got my current rats Iris and Meisha, Iris had champagne Siamese points and a champagne cap on her head with a little white mark in the middle of it like Cyclone's. Since then, the cap turned white, her points became brown-gray, and there's a bit of a gradient between the brown-gray and white from the base of her tail to the middle of her back.
Still sounds like a lovely color for a little chaos potato!! So interesting how colors and markings can change as they age!
@@nixand_brennt Yep! It's the first time in my 17 years of owning rats that this has happened, at least on this scale.
Cyclone is Adorable💗🐀
Im sure that shes gonna get along great with Cape and Cin! ❤️
Aww she is so cute, can’t wait to see more videos of this little chaos potato.
Awwww she’s such a smol baby! Practically mouse sized! She’s such a cutie and so sweet and friendly already! You got a good tater tot right there.
AWWW I LOVE THEM- I HOPE CIN AND CAPE GET ALONG WONDERFULLY WITH THEM
Cyclone is amazing for her advanced personality development. And bravery! I just love her.
aww she's adorable. i have no plans on getting rats but thank you for deciding to document this journey bec it's interesting and def good education for new rat owners
I'm about to get 2 rats and I'm very happy I've found your channel. It's great to find an informative channel where I can soak up some knowledge so I'm more equipped to take care of them properly
a new friend!!!!!
Fren :)
I miss having babies. This is the longest I've been without since early 2008. Both my boy's passed last year. :(
I love watching this little girl Popcorn. Such a cute fuzzbutt. lol
She is ADORABLE. Cyclone has swept away my heart
OMG. SHE IS SO SMALL AND FLUFFY AND ADORABLE!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Welcome Cyclone!!! What a precious baby ❤️ You’re such a good rat mama
She looks so cute! And thank you for telling us how to bind with a rat I am planning to get a rat in the future so this really helps!
Cutie! And nice name!
Went to visit my future babies yesterday, they're from an ethical breeder, very tame and very cute. Can't wait to pick them up!
Awwwwww! Welcome lil cyclone! Looking forward to seeing your adventures! 😍
Oh so sweet 🥰 i remember my baby rat, so little and curious precious
Cyclone used to be so tiny!! Now she's a fully sized chaos demon of pure destruction and tax evasion.
I've never been so proud of a rat I don't own 😂
She is beautiful! 💜
I just got a new rat too, and he's practically identical to her! Good luck with quarantine and socializing the little furballs!
WHAT, a new one? What an adorable rat, hope your other c’s react well to her!
We got our three girls from an rat breeder and we were advised to take them out on day to and "force" them to be around us and getting them used to be taken out.
They are with us for 4 weeks now and they are a lot braver towards us, but never climb on our hands by themselves (according to our breeder, that's normal and we still should take them out).
Watching you being so patient with cyclone makes me feel like we are doing our bonding wrong
Awww Cyclone is adorable!!!!
Awww! Cutie. She'll fit right in once she's comfortable.
Your channel never fail to make me feel just better
Omgggg 🥺 Cyclone is so adorable
Aww she's super cute!!! So playful!!! 💜 🐀
protip: lick a cheerio and let them take it from your hand.
ratties share food. and IF a rat lets another rat take food from their mouth its a huge bonding experience so a little spittle on cheerio in your hand means 'i trust you enough to feed you. i will always have food to share' good way to make friends! they will even expect a little pet because ratties groom each other after sharing food so if you are speaking rat you HAVE to rubble em just a little bit to seal the meal!
She's super cute! I love the slightly overly large back feet she's got right now. xD Though she will probably grow into those given time.
She's so cute!
Awwww!!! I hope she gets along great with Cape and Cin!
She is absolutely adorable!! 😍
Omg Cyclone is adorable! She looks a bit like one of her mischief buddies 😏
So so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so cuuuuuuuuuuuuuteeeeee
Awwwww. So cute video, and thanks a bunch for educating us peasants. 😊
Aww, what a lovely little girl. Champagne is the best colour for rodents!
“I’ve only known cyclone for a day and a chard but if anything we’re to happen to them I’d kill everyone else in this room and then myself”
Love how she's just like "Bitch I like you, now GTF into this cage. I'ma hide you away before some other rat finds you."
So cute and friendly!! Can’t wait to see more cyclone content
Thank you for helping teach us how to bond with a new rat! I’ve got two rats, they’re pretty new, and this helped me know how to make them comfortable!
oh my gosh! congrats!! she will adjust perfectly to the family!!
Just one question, how can a baby chaos potato be so adorable?? I'm already in love ❤️
Awww such a sweet new addition.
Aww i love her hope she has a great time with the other two
she's adorable!
I was almost gonna cry at how cute Cyclone is :D
I really want rats, they are cute, I'd probably have two female ones
A new chaos potato! I am bowled over by cuteness.
I’m excited to have subscribed to the channel just now. This seems like it will be a fun bunch of videos coming up!
Omg thank you so much for the video, I just commented on one of your videos on the little darling meeting your other rats.
I'm worried that she'll possibly get lonely and get depressed, but I plan to get her some toys! I just hope she will like me as much as I like her!
Plz if anyone has advice to give me on toys to give her since she's a medium sized rat at the moment, I'd really appreciate it!!
I love that you call them chaos potatoes, it's really cute!
I've been trying to decide what pets to get once I have my own home. I've really considered rats, but I'm not sure they'll fill the same emotional place as a dog and/or cat would.
You’ll be surprised obviously a dog and cat is better but a rat is also good option too and there more affordable and easy to take care of there really intelligent and highly social and have a strong bond with there owner, Every time I see my rat Julie I smile she makes me happy and I do feel better when she’s around she cuddles with me licks me and gives me a lot of love I take her with me places I go, and they can be emotional support animals, just consider them 🙃
Im so happy to have found your channel. Sooooo cute ❤❤
What a sweet wee girl!
SHE IS ADORABLE
Just saying that I absolutely adore her name! Cyclone is perfect! 💕🐀
Good idea on starting out with small cage first and quarantine. Thank you
If you make more videos, it would be very nice to see and hear a slower version.
Aww! She’s so sweet and cute!
thanks for posting this, very informative. i really love your editing style
Greetings Cyclone! She is so brave and definitely trusts you!
Awww love it! Welcome Home, Cyclone 😊
I bet she was thinking "Why is she talking to herself?!"
The new chaos potato is well deserving of love and treats
Cyclone is so fricken cute I’m gonna cry
she’s so cute!!!
My rat now speaks in a machine voice.
Thanks for the helpful video!
I cant wait for this chaos potato to do the happiness vibrations lol
Rattie kisses to you too!~ My girls and I are watching this. Barb is over eating again. As usually Thicc gurl.
Awe. New friend 🥺 so adorable.
Cute! Did the same with my rats glad to see a new baby
Cyclone is sooooo adorable
Awww she is soooo cute
ADORABLE IM DYING SOOOOO CUTE AHHHHHH SMOL CHAOS POTATO
Mam chaos potatoes have no business being THIS CUTE!!!! ❤️ also cyclone 🌀 is very cute
Sooooo cuuuute 😍😍😍😍😍😍🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
Hello! Im Riley, and I plan on getting some pet rats this month. Thank you for the tutorial on how to start bonding with the pets.
When I got my rats like 1 day ago I made them a lovely little set up in a nice big cage and I got 4 rats, all about 8 weeks old and all sisters and they love me already and I feed them and get them new water in the morning and then have a bit of a play and then once I get home from school I play with them again and bring them out to say hi to the family and they are super comfortable with everyone here
So adorable!!!!
She so freaking cute and tiny omfg
Can you do a series where you go over how to start out with pet rats? Would be super entertaining and helpful
This was rally useful! I’m thinking of getting pet rats but wasn’t really sure how the bonding stage worked 😅
I introduced each of my 4 additional rats to eachother immediately and they would hang out on me and with them without any buffer period of being by themselves
Aww, Cyclone is so cute.
I personally always try to grab two babies and ur cage could hold two more , I think intros go better with multiple new rats and they can still get lonely during quarantine and if intros fail and u have to try again a few days later they still aren’t alone
She meant to put a disclaimer up about that, Cyclone is a rescue and was already by herself, but the owner does recommend a same age companion
Baby cyclone is so precious ❤
Чудесные крыски, прелесть...
That's a cute ratty
Im getting rats bc of you
Thank you for this blessing
welcome cyclone the mini potato
Human: I talk to myself so the rat gets used to my voice
Rat: Da Hek… think my human’s defective
Cyclone is adorable Oml